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  • Sounds of the Street; Activists Mourn the Dead While Denouncing the March to War and Attacks on Muslim and Arab Americans

    Racist violence against Arabs or people of Arabic descent has increased around the world. The BBC is reporting that an Afghan taxi driver has been paralyzed after an attack in London. In New York, a caller threatened to harm hundreds of students in an Islamic school. In Texas, a mosque was firebombed. In Wyoming, an angry group of shoppers chased a woman and her children from a Wal-Mart. In Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, police stopped...
    Sep 17, 2001 | Story

  • Afghan Americans Mourn the Dead from the WTC Attacks and Fear the Impact of the Attacks on Their Communities

    Along with Arab Americans, Indian and Pakistani Americans, Afghan Americans have become the targets of threats and harassment in the wake of Tuesday’s terror attacks against the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Many fear devastating military attacks against Afghanistan, already one of the world’s poorest countries. International aid workers and U.N. staff have evacuated from the country.
    Sep 14, 2001 | Story

  • Manning Marable, Howard Zinn and Grace Paley Speak Out Against the Bush Administration's March to War

    In the midst of the rising tide of congressional and Bush administration calls for a harsh military response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, there is a remarkable, hawkish unity in the views being expressed in the mainstream media. [includes rush transcript]
    Sep 13, 2001 | Story

  • Anti-Muslim and Arab Attacks and Threats Spread Across U.S.

    An ugly and perhaps predictable backlash is sprouting across the nation, as federal officials point to the Middle East in their investigation of the terror attacks in New York and Washington. Meanwhile, Congress and the Bush administration continue to issue calls for vengeance and harsh military retaliation, fueling anxiety among Muslim and Arab Americans, who remember from the Persian Gulf War and the Oklahoma City bombing where such calls lead....
    Sep 13, 2001 | Story

  • Muslim and Arab Americans Face Harassment, Threats as Bush Administration and Congress Beat Drums of War

    In the immediate wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, U.S. officials immediately speculated that Osama bin Laden was likely to be found responsible. A CNN anchor said, "Whenever something like this happens, you have to look to the Middle East." Amidst this climate of official and media speculation, Muslim and Arab-American organizations have immediately reported harassing and threatening emails and phone calls...
    Sep 12, 2001 | Story

  • Special Coverage of Attack on WTC and Pentagon

    This is a special one-hour live report on the WTC and Pentagon attacks.

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    Sep 11, 2001 | Story

  • Muslim Intern for Rep. David Bonier Kicked Out of Meeting with Bush Administration By Secret Service

    Last week, Muslim leaders walked out of a White House meeting in protest at the exclusion of one of the attendees. Abdullah Al-Arian, a Muslim student at Duke University who had just begun an internship with Representative David Bonier (D-MI), was approached by a security guard and asked to leave the premises. No reason was given for his removal.
    Jul 05, 2001 | Story

  • "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People." a Conversation with Author Jack Shaheen

    "[The Arabs] all look alike to me," quips the American heroine in the 1937 movie "The Sheik Steps Out."
    Jun 22, 2001 | Story

  • Blood Money Or Muslim Bashing? A Look at the New York Senate Race

    Last week New York Senate Candidate Hillary Clinton returned $50,000 from a fund raiser held by the American Muslim Alliance after the New York Daily News broke a story that said members of the Alliance support the right of Palestinians to use violence as a means of securing nation statehood.
    Nov 03, 2000 | Story

  • Muslim Groups Decry Stereotyping</B>

    In the hours following the bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, despite a dearth of information as to the identity or motives of the perpetrators, the media was quick to link the violence with followers of one of the world’s oldest religions — Islam. Reports were full of references to the "Muslim minority in Kenya", "Arab-looking men", and "Islamic dress." The suspect taken into custody shortly after the bombing...
    Aug 10, 1998 | Story